strangled

• “The phrase strangled in her throat and the world shuddered into something slow and eerily focused:”

  The Beekeeper's Apprentice

• “Joan, who had gone into the bungalow, tossed down a strip of white calico, in which old Telepasse was promptly wrapped, and he stood forth, resplendent and purified, withal he still spat and strangled from the soap-suds with which Noa Noah had gargled his throat.”

  The Port Adams Crowd

• “Through Miss Maitland's transom were coming certain strangled and irregular sounds, now falsetto, now deep bass, that showed that worthy lady to be asleep.”

  The Window at the White Cat

• “The same old mantra of no taxes/no regulation otherwise the economy will be "strangled" - is still offered by almost all the players as the only route.”

  "EVERY SILVER LINING HAS A CLOUD"

• “She was strangled, which is Asselta's favorite method of execution.”

  Gone for Good

• “This time, I uttered what could only be described as a strangled gasp of panic.”

  Dear Author: Romance Novel Reviews, Industry News, and Commentary

• “I make some kind of strangled chuckle, as if this is just what professors DO not the grab ass part...more the odd twitching and eccentric behavior.”

  Ferule & Fescue

• “Well," he said in the kind of strangled voice he used when he was busy stepping on his rage.”

  Floating City

• “The general opinion among the jockeys was that Sandy had 'strangled' a couple at one stage, but not during the past few months.”

  Dead Cert

• “Tell me what you are reading, then," says Vernabelle; and Cousin Egbert kind of strangled at this, too.”

  Ma Pettengill

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